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A conceptual analysis that non-disclosure of HIV/AIDS status before engaging in sexual conduct is fraud.
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Soaring medical malpractice litigation in South Africa and its implications for the implementation of the proposed national health insurance scheme.
(2019)South Africa (SA) is a new democracy since 1994 with a new constitution that outlaws all forms of discrimination and affords equality to all men and women who live in it. The previous regime had entrenched discrimination ... -
Wrongful life : an analysis of recent legal developments.
(2018)The wrongful life cause of action has been an issue of international debate in the legal fraternity for decades and was ultimately decided by the Constitutional Court in 2014 in the South African law perspective. The ... -
Apart from medical emergencies, when is it justified for gynaecologists, and obstetricians to deviate from informed consent without reverting back to their patients?
(2018)Medical care relies on a bond of trust between the patient and caregiver and on the patient’s ability to make free and informed choices, to understand and guide the course of their care. Informed consent is the foundation ... -
Consensual sexual offences : should we make our youth sexual offenders? A critical review of the Teddy Bear case.
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Does the South African law and policy framework facilitate adolescent access to HIV prevention tools?
(2017)No abstract provided. -
The clinical and human rights challenges pertaining to HIV/AIDS and TB co-infection in South Africa.
(2014)Prior to 1990, HIV/AIDS and TB co infection was not a major public health threat in South Africa (SA). The serious ignorance and negligence on the part of then SA government with regard to HIV/AIDS led to the increase of ... -
Electronic health records : what measures health professionals can take to protect patient data?
(2017)Electronic health records use in South Africa is limited. Globally, increased efforts are being made to digitalise medical records into one interoperable system.. Due to the nature of the transmission and storage of such ... -
A legal analysis of trade in personal information regarding human gamete donors.
(2018)The aim of this dissertation is to legally analyse whether personal information concerning gamete donors can be traded in South Africa, particularly by South African gamete banks and agencies. As business enterprises, ... -
Physician assisted suicide in South Africa : the constitution and the socio-economic dilemma.
(2018)No abstract provided. -
The legal and ethical implications of involuntary detention of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients in South Africa
With South Africa battling a TB/HIV epidemic that is one of the highest in the world, drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) has been an issue of concern lately, due to its virulence and potential fatality. DR-TB is usually ... -
The perceptions of Durban physicians in the handling of impaired doctors.
(2018)No abstract provided. -
Desiring death: a critical analysis of advanced directives within the South African legal framework.
(2018)No abstract provided. -
Sexual violence as a violation of sexual and reproductive health rights : a case study of South African and Nigerian law on sexual violence against women.
(2016)The right to sexual and reproductive health is a right which finds footing in other rights including that of the right to life and survival, which is necessary for the fulfilment of other human rights such as the right ... -
Examining the role of intellectual property law, policy and management in open innovation models that facilitiate innovation in and access to genomic medicine.
(2017)The traditional closed innovation model is largely supported by a regime where intellectual property rights (IPRs) are used to secure monopolies over inventions, with one justification being that this maximises profits ... -
Physician-assisted suicide in South Africa : a constitutional perspective.
(2016)Physician-assisted suicide is a form of active euthanasia where a physician, in response to a request from a terminally ill patient, assists such patient to commit suicide or provides the patient with means of committing ... -
A critical evaluation of nurse’s legal knowledge and its impact in preventing nursing malpractice in South Africa.
(2017)Abstract not available. -
The doctrine of therapeutic privilege and its place in South Africa.
(2014)Therapeutic privilege is an exception to informed consent and used as a defence when the doctor decides to withhold relevant medical information from the patient, because they are of the opinion that such disclosure could ...
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